Valheim Cheats Blog
How to Enable Cheats in Valheim
Cheats live behind two separate switches: the Steam launch flag and the in-game devcommands toggle. Here's how each one works.
How to Use Console Commands in Valheim
From F5 to your first spawn command. Covers the console's syntax, the three command shapes, key bindings, and the most common mistakes.
How to Fly, Use God Mode, and No-Clip in Valheim
Three cheats for not dying and getting around faster — god, fly, and ghost — what they do, what they don't, and how to combine them.
How to Teleport and Skip Night in Valheim
Teleport with goto, find coordinates with pos, skip time forward with skiptime, or jump straight to a time with tod. Workflows for each.
How to Use Debug Mode (Creative Mode) in Valheim
Enable debug mode for free-cost building (B), flight (Z), and one-shot kill (K). Or use nocost, fly, and freefly directly for finer control.
How to Spawn Creatures in Valheim
Every non-boss creature with its spawn command, plus how star levels, hostility, and quoted multi-word IDs work.
How to Raise Skills in Valheim
raiseskill takes a skill ID and an amount. Cap any skill at 100, restore lost levels after death, or reset a skill to zero — full ID list included.
How to Control the Weather in Valheim
env sets the weather to any of 28 environment IDs. wind controls direction and intensity. Reset both with resetenv and resetwind.
How to Tame Any Creature Instantly in Valheim
Skip the food-and-wait grind. tame works on any tameable creature within ~20m. Combine with spawn for instant breeding pairs at any star level.
How to Use Global Keys in Valheim
listkeys, setkey, removekey, resetkeys. Every defeated_* boss key, KilledTroll/Surtling/Bat first-kill flags, and the nomap/noportals server rules.
How to Trigger Raids and Events in Valheim
event starts a raid by ID, stopevent ends one in progress, randomevent rolls one you're eligible for. Full ID list included.
How to Reveal the Entire Map in Valheim
exploremap clears the fog of war on your personal map. resetmap puts it back. resetsharedmap wipes the cartography-table shared data.
How to Apply Status Effects in Valheim
addstatus takes a status effect ID and applies it for its normal duration. Useful for gear tests, RP, and getting the Wishbone effect without re-fighting Bonemass.
The Complete Guide to Valheim Console Commands
Cheats, admin commands, emotes, and player commands — what each category does, when to use it, and the full reference.
How to Spawn Items in Valheim
The spawn command takes an item ID, an optional amount, and an optional level. Here's how each parameter works.
How to Spawn Bosses in Valheim
Eikthyr, The Elder, Bonemass, Moder, Yagluth, Queen — every boss with its spawn command and what to know before summoning.
Valheim Server Admin Commands
Running a dedicated server? These are the admin commands for player management, bans, saves, and server control.
How to Open the Command Console in Valheim
The console is disabled by default. Here's how to enable it via Steam launch options and bring it up in-game.